Come and meet startup founders, investors and advisors talking about their inspiring journeys!

An exclusive and relaxed networking event gathering startups and angels

Learn from amazing and inspiring stories from those local and global entrepreneurs. Get visibility and connect with founders, business angels & investors
Blue Rock, Level 16/414 La Trobe St, Melbourne, from 6pm to 9pm.
Wine, beer, cheese and food included!

Speakers

Kahlia is a co-founder and Managing Director of Hiya, with 8 years’ experience in both white and blue collar labour hire, permanent recruitment and recruitment consulting. In addition, she was instrumental in launching Hiya’s internal recruitment arm Office People in 2010 and, as its General Manager, led Office People to profitability in its first year.

Hiya has developed a proprietary digital recruitment platform which incorporates video technology and is designed to streamline the recruitment process for employers, candidates and recruiters alike. Hiya’s all-in-one integrated recruitment tool encompasses candidate identification via a searchable marketplace of video resumés, screening and selection. Central to the platform is video functionality, enabling candidates to present themselves via a video resumé, answering questions in the form of a one-way interview designed to replace several of the time-consuming stages typically present in the current hiring process.

Jane Kou is the Founder & CEO of Bring Me Home, an app that helps people rescue delicious food from cafes, restaurants, and grocery stores with discounts. Bring Me Home’s mission is to cut retail food waste by making surplus food affordable and accessible to everyone.

Launched in August 2018 Melbourne, the Bring Me Home app has grown to over 14 suburbs in Melbourne and is in the process of expanding to Sydney. Bring Me Home was also listed as the top 10 startups in 2019 on SmartCompany.

Judy’s career has had a laser focus – to help people and organisations make innovation repeatable, scalable and profitable. Prior to leading Startup Victoria, Judy spent four and a half years at Australia’s leading innovation consultancy, Inventium. Judy has built a reputation as a world-class thought leader and keynote speaker on entrepreneurship, science based innovation & building startup communities. Before joining Inventium, she managed the National Innovation Program for Deloitte Australia, helping the organisation to experiment new products, services and ways of working to sustain its competitive advantage.

Startup Victoria is a non-profit organiser of the largest startup events in Australia. Startup Vic’s community numbers 19,000+ practising and aspiring startup founders, investors, ecosystem service providers and government policy influencers. Startup Vic’s mission is to support founder success.

More speakers to be announced soon !

Thanks to our venue partner!

Blue Rock is a specialist entrepreneurial advisory firm. They look after business owners providing solutions in all areas related to accounting, law and wealth management.
They work alongside our clients, often speaking to them daily to ensure that excellence in service means that they become valued business advisors.

Thanks to our sponsors!

Australiance is a consulting & recruitment company. Founded in 2010, the company helps international professionals and businesses to settle in Australia and Australian companies to expand their business in Europe. They have also developed their international talent acquisition recruitment activity. Thus, they help their B2B clients to find the right people for their organisation.

OVH is a global provider of hyperscale cloud, which offers businesses a benchmark for value and performance in the sector. Founded in 1999, the group manages and maintains 28 datacenters in 12 sites across 4 continents, deploys its own global fibre optic network, and manages the entire supply chain for web hosting. Running on its own infrastructures, OVH provides simple, powerful tools for businesses, revolutionising the way that more than 1 million customers work across the globe.